BA in History Course Description 2 at University of South Carolina Beaufort South Carolina
BHIS 323 - ENGLAND UNDER THE NORMANS AND ANGEVINS, 1066-1307 (3)
The effects of
the Norman Conquest; social and constitutional development through the reign of Edward I; Romanesque
and Gothic culture.
BHIS 324 - LATE MEDIEVAL ENGLAND, 1307-1485 (3)
England’s later medieval cultural and
constitutional development; Lancastrians and Yorkists; the Hundred Years’ War.
BHIS 330 - INTRODUCTION TO SCOTTISH HISTORY (3).
A survey of Scottish history with an
emphasis on national identity and identity formation
BHIS 345 - WEST AND EAST: A HISTORY OF CULTURAL CONFLICT (3)
A survey of cultural
interaction between the West and competing cultures, emphasizing the elements that define and separate
West and East.
BHIS 352 - AFRICA FROM 1880 (3)
A history of modern Africa from the time of the Imperialist
“scramble” of the 1880s to nationalism and decolonization in the present
BHIS 399 - INDEPENDENT STUDY (1-6).
Contract approval by instructor, advisor, department chair
and vice chancellor for academic affairs is required.
BHIS 401 - THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO 1789 (3)
The founding of
the English colonies, their developing maturity, the events leading to the Revolution and the creation of a
new nation
BHIS 402 - THE NEW NATION, 1789-1828 (3)
The new republic and the developing democratic spirit
in politics and culture
BHIS 403 - THE SECTIONS AND THE NATION, 1828-1860 (3)
The three cultures of East, South
and West; their interactions and the events leading to the Civil War
BHIS 404 - CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION, 1860-1877 (3)
The political, military and social
history of the War and the reorganization which followed
BHIS 407 - UNITED STATES HISTORY SINCE 1945 (3)
A survey of the political, economic, social
and cultural developments in the period after World War II
BHIS 409 - THE HISTORY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1670-1865 (3)
A study of South Carolina
origins and developments
BHIS 410 - HISTORY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SINCE 1865 (3)
A survey of recent South Carolina
history with emphasis on social and institutional development
BHIS 415 - BLACK AMERICANS (3)
A survey of the historical development of black people in the
Western Hemisphere
BHIS 420 - LATIN AMERICA: THE FOUNDING OF NEW SOCIETIES (3).
The establishment of
consolidation of the Spanish and Portuguese empires in the Western hemisphere; interaction of Indians,
Africans and Iberians and the formation of social, economic and political traditions in Latin America;
political independence
BHIS 421 - MODERN LATIN AMERICA (3)
Traditional society in the area and problems arising from
social, economic and political changes since independence; comparative studies of national responses to
these problems
BHIS 423 - HISTORY OF MEXICO (3).
Mexico from the pre-conquest period to the present, with an
emphasis on modern Mexico
BHIS 442 - THE OLD SOUTH (3)
Development of Southern society and of the forces that made the
South a distinctive section of the United States
BHIS 443 - THE NEW SOUTH (3)
Reconstruction, the Bourbon era, agrarian revolt, industrial
revolution, racial problems and the changes resulting from the impact of two world wars and the New
Deal (1865-1946).
BHIS 462 - SOUTHERN INTELLECTUAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY (3)
Intellectual and
cultural developments characteristic of the Southern region from colonial times to the recent past
BHIS 468 - AMERICAN MILITARY EXPERIENCE (3).
Transformation of war and of the
institutions for waging war from the American Revolution to the present
BHIS 492 - TOPICS IN HISTORY (3).
Reading and research on selected historical subjects. Open only
to juniors and seniors with permission of the instructor.